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Non-Abelian discrete gauge symmetries in 4d string models

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We study the realization of non-Abelian discrete gauge symmetries in 4d field theory and string theory compactifications. The underlying structure generalizes the Abelian case, and follows from the interplay between gaugings of non-Abelian isometries of the scalar manifold and field identifications making axion-like fields periodic. We present several classes of string constructions realizing non-Abelian discrete gauge symmetries. In particular, compactifications with torsion homology classes, where non-Abelianity arises microscopically from the Hanany-Witten effect, or compactifications with non-Abelian discrete isometry groups, like twisted tori. We finally focus on the more interesting case of magnetized branes in toroidal compactifications and quotients thereof (and their heterotic and intersecting duals), in which the non-Abelian discrete gauge symmetries imply powerful selection rules for Yukawa couplings of charged matter fields. In particular, in MSSM-like models they correspond to discrete flavour symmetries constraining the quark and lepton mass matrices, as we show in specific examples.

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On the SymTFTs of Finite Non-Abelian Symmetries

hep-th · 2026-03-12 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Constructs BF-like 3D SymTFT Lagrangians for finite non-Abelian groups presented as extensions, yielding surface-attaching non-genuine line operators and Drinfeld-center fusion rules.

Symmetry TFTs from String Theory

hep-th · 2021-12-03 · unverdicted · novelty 7.0

Constructs Symmetry TFTs for M-theory compactifications by reducing the topological sector of 11d supergravity on the boundary of X using differential cohomology, with applications to 7d SYM and 5d SCFTs confirmed via IIB 5-brane webs.

Massive modes on magnetized blow-up manifold of $T^2/\mathbb{Z}_N$

hep-th · 2026-04-08 · unverdicted · novelty 5.0

Blow-up of magnetized T²/Z_N preserves total magnetic flux, total curvature, and effective flux on connecting lines, while the number of localized modes at each singularity increases by one per mass level increment.

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  • On the SymTFTs of Finite Non-Abelian Symmetries hep-th · 2026-03-12 · unverdicted · none · ref 93 · internal anchor

    Constructs BF-like 3D SymTFT Lagrangians for finite non-Abelian groups presented as extensions, yielding surface-attaching non-genuine line operators and Drinfeld-center fusion rules.

  • Symmetry TFTs from String Theory hep-th · 2021-12-03 · unverdicted · none · ref 39 · internal anchor

    Constructs Symmetry TFTs for M-theory compactifications by reducing the topological sector of 11d supergravity on the boundary of X using differential cohomology, with applications to 7d SYM and 5d SCFTs confirmed via IIB 5-brane webs.

  • Vacuum structure of a scalar field on a torus with uniform magnetic flux hep-th · 2026-04-24 · unverdicted · none · ref 13

    Above a critical area, a complex scalar on a torus with flux M develops a non-zero coordinate-dependent vacuum expectation value, yielding 1, 2, or 6 degenerate configurations for M=1,2,3 in the lowest-mode approximation.

  • Massive modes on magnetized blow-up manifold of $T^2/\mathbb{Z}_N$ hep-th · 2026-04-08 · unverdicted · none · ref 45

    Blow-up of magnetized T²/Z_N preserves total magnetic flux, total curvature, and effective flux on connecting lines, while the number of localized modes at each singularity increases by one per mass level increment.